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Excerpt from The Tales of the Genii, or the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar: Faithfully Translated From the Persian Manuscript; And Compared With the French and Spanish Editions, Published at Paris and Madrid Havin g full liberty to usi'e his literary works as I pleal'ed, I have made it my bufinefs to become mafler of them by degrees; and I lhould have publilhed his Account of India long ago, had I not found that work al ready. Done to my hands, though nut in l'o'malterly a manner, yet fuf ficient to prevent the fale of any fecun'd work. But although this was a very curious performance, and I was vexed that ecuniary prudence Ihould oblige me to witheld it for fame time longer rom the publick, as his elegant drawings alone, relative to the fubjeét he wrote upon, would coil five hundred pounds to en rave; yet I hepe to make it up to the world, by offering them a boo which, if it is lefs ufeful to commerce, yet it may be of tar more entertainment and infiruétion to all degrees of men; and this 'is a tranllation, in his own hand-writing, of the works, (or, as they are called in the title-page, the Delightful Lefi'ons) of Horam the (on of Afrnar. Delightful, indeed! Whether we confider the matter, the l'ubjeét, the manner, or the moral of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Tales of the Genii, or the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar: Faithfully Translated From the Persian Manuscript; And Compared With the French and Spanish Editions, Published at Paris and MadridHavin g full liberty to usi'e his literary works as I pleal'ed, I have made it my bufinefs to become mafler of them by degrees; and I lhould have publilhed his Account of India long ago, had I not found that work al ready. Done to my hands, though nut in l'o'malterly a manner, yet fuf ficient to prevent the fale of any fecun'd work. But although this was a very curious performance, and I was vexed that ecuniary prudence Ihould oblige me to witheld it for fame time longer rom the publick, as his elegant drawings alone, relative to the fubjeét he wrote upon, would coil five hundred pounds to en rave; yet I hepe to make it up to the world, by offering them a boo which, if it is lefs ufeful to commerce, yet it may be of tar more entertainment and infiruétion to all degrees of men; and this 'is a tranllation, in his own hand-writing, of the works, (or, as they are called in the title-page, the Delightful Lefi'ons) of Horam the (on of Afrnar. Delightful, indeed! Whether we confider the matter, the l'ubjeét, the manner, or the moral of the work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In consequence of the rapid sale of the third edition of the "Manual," of which 2000 copies were printed in January last, a new edition has been called for in less than a twelvemonth. Even in this short interval some new facts of unusual importance in palæontology have come to light, or have been verified for the first time. Instead of introducing these new discoveries into the body of the work, which would render them inaccessible to the purchasers of the former edition, I have given them in a postscript to this Preface (printed and sold separately), and have pointed out at the same time their bearing on certain questions of the highest theoretical interest. As on former occasions, I shall take this opportunity of stating that the "Manual" is not an epitome of the "Principles of Geology," nor intended as introductory to that work. So much confusion has arisen on this subject, that it is desirable to explain fully the different ground occupied by the two publications. The first five editions of the "Principles" comprised a 4th book, in which some account was given of systematic geology, and in which the principal rocks composing the earth’s crust and their organic remains were described. In subsequent editions this book was omitted, it having been expanded, in 1838, into a separate treatise called the "Elements of Geology," first re-edited in 1842, and again recast and enlarged in 1851, and entitled "A Manual of Elementary Geology." Although the subjects of both treatises relate to geology, as their titles imply, their scope is very different; the "Principles" containing a view of the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants, while the "Manual" relates to the monuments of ancient changes. In separating the one from the other, I have endeavoured to render each complete in itself, and independent; but if asked by a student which he should read first, I would recommend him to begin with the "Principles," as he may then proceed from the known to the unknown, and be provided beforehand with a key for interpreting the ancient phenomena, whether of the organic or inorganic world, by reference to changes now in progress.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++<sourceLibrary>British Library<ESTCID>T222941<Notes>An original work, based on the 'Arabian nights', by James Ridley, who used the pseudonym Sir Charles Morell.<imprintFull>London : printed for Harrison and Co., 1782. <collation>2v.(235p.),plates ; 8°

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